Komrades (2003) Incl. Birch (1995) БЕРЁЗА

Interviews with naval and military cadets in Russia explores such topics as male-bonding, hazing, patriotism, brotherhood and alcohol abuse.
Komrades:
(2003) Director Steve Kokker spent five years getting close to Russian seamen to give us this gloriously homoerotic peek into male bonding.

Birch:
(1995) The director’s first film begins in a Russian sauna where very buff, naked cadets fan birch branches on each other to stimulate their circulation. The story is of a seduction of a Russian soldier that may or may not go well – but it certainly paves the way for Steve Kokker’s later film Komrades.